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Shmuel Yosef Agnon (Hebrew: שמואל יוסף עגנון; born Shmuel Yosef Czaczkes ) ( July 17 , 1888 – February 17 , 1970 ) was the first Hebrew writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature ( 1966 ). He won the prize jointly with author Nelly Sachs . One of the central figures in modern Hebrew fiction, Agnon was born in Galicia , later immigrated as a Zionist to Palestine , and died in Israeli Jerusalem .¹ His works deal with the conflict between the traditional Jewish life and language and the modern world. They also attempt to recapture the fading traditions of the European shtetl (townlet). In a wider context, he also contributed to the narrator's character in modern literature.²

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Shmuel Yosef Agnon ( Hebrew : שמואל יוסף עגנון, July 17, 1888 - February 17, 1970) was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction . In Hebrew , he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon ( ש"י עגנון ). In English , his works are published under the name S. Agnon was born in Galicia (today Ukraine ), later immigrated to the British mandate of Palestine , and died in Jerusalem . His works deal with the conflict between the traditional Jewish life and language and the modern world . They also attempt to recapture the fading traditions of the European shtetl (village). In a wider context, he also contributed to broadening the characteristic conception of the narrator 's role in literature. Agnon shared the Nobel Prize with the poet Nelly Sachs in 1966.

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Shmuel Yosef Agnon ( ) (July 17, 1888 – February 17, 1970) was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction . In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon (ש"י עגנון). In English, his works are published under the name S. Agnon was born in Galicia , Austro-Hungarian Empire (today Ukraine ). He later immigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine , and died in Jerusalem , Israel . His works deal with the conflict between the traditional Jewish life and language and the modern world . They also attempt to recapture the fading traditions of the European shtetl (village). In a wider context, he also contributed to broadening the characteristic conception of the narrator 's role in literature. Agnon shared the Nobel Prize with the poet Nelly Sachs in 1966. Band says that Agnon invented the commonly cited date July 17, 1888 in the 1920s.

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Shmuel Yosef Agnon ( ) (July 17, 1888 – February 17, 1970) was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction . In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon ( ). In English, his works are published under the name S. Agnon was born in Polish Galicia , then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire , and later immigrated to Mandatory Palestine , and died in Jerusalem , Israel . His works deal with the conflict between the traditional Jewish life and language and the modern world . They also attempt to recapture the fading traditions of the European shtetl (village). In a wider context, he also contributed to broadening the characteristic conception of the narrator 's role in literature. Agnon had a distinctive linguistic style mixing modern and rabbinic Hebrew. Agnon shared the Nobel Prize with the poet Nelly Sachs in 1966. Band says that Agnon invented the commonly cited date July 17, 1888 in the 1920s.

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Israeli writer and Nobel laureate Shmuel Yosef Agnon ( ; August 8, 1887 – February 17, 1970) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Israeli novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew literature. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon ( ש"י עגנון ‎). In English, his works are published under the name S. Agnon was born in Polish Galicia , then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire , and later immigrated to Mandatory Palestine , and died in Jerusalem . His works deal with the conflict between the traditional Jewish life and language and the modern world . They also attempt to recapture the fading traditions of the European shtetl (village). In a wider context, he also contributed to broadening the characteristic conception of the narrator 's role in literature. Agnon had a distinctive linguistic style, mixing modern and rabbinic Hebrew. In 1966, he shared the Nobel Prize in Literature with the poet Nelly Sachs . Agnon: A Biography (in Hebrew). Band says that Agnon invented the commonly cited date July 17, 1888 in the 1920s.

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Israeli writer and Nobel laureate Shmuel Yosef Agnon ( Hebrew : שמואל יוסף עגנון ; August 8, 1887 – February 17, 1970) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Israeli novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew literature. In Hebrew, he is known by the pseudonym Shai Agnon ( ש"י עגנון ‎). In English, his works are published under the name S. Agnon was born in Polish Galicia , then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire , and later immigrated to Mandatory Palestine , and died in Jerusalem . His works deal with the conflict between the traditional Jewish life and language and the modern world . They also attempt to recapture the fading traditions of the European shtetl (village). In a wider context, he also contributed to broadening the characteristic conception of the narrator 's role in literature. Agnon had a distinctive linguistic style, mixing modern and rabbinic Hebrew. In 1966, he shared the Nobel Prize in Literature with the poet Nelly Sachs . Agnon: A Biography (in Hebrew). Band says that Agnon invented the commonly cited date July 17, 1888 in the 1920s.

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